Arms and bust for stuffed dolls



M. SCHOEN.

ARMS AND BUST FOR STUFFED DOLLS. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I8, 19w.

1,356,405. Patented Oct. 19,1920.

UNITED STATEVISH PATENT "OFFICE. a

'MICHAEL scnonn, on'nnw YORK, N. Y.

AIR-MS AND BUST FOR STUFFED DOLLS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL SoHoEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Arms and Busts for Stuffed Dolls, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has as its main object the provision of means for resiliently attaching the arms to busts adapted to be used with stuffed dolls in such manner that the arms are freely and independently rotatable into different angular positions and remain in desired adjustment.

A further object is to so arrange the joint as to admit of temporary lateral movement of the arms.

Another object is a form of bust and arm engaging means of unusually low constructive cost, easily and quickly assembled, and of pleasing and life-like appearance.

These objects are attained by the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a doll bust and attached arms as made in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view showing the sectional bust.

Fig. 3 is a front ele-vational View showing a modified form of bust.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the arm connecting means, and

Fig. 5 is a similar view showing a modification of the same.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the numeral 10 designates the face portion of the front section and 11 the rear, with which are integrally formed the bust 12 and back 13, these latter elements having arcuately curved convex terminal edges 14 and 15 arranged in the same horizontal plane. I These parts are usually cast in molds, separated longitudinally along the lines 16 and 17 which are firmly joined by glue or other adhesives, the composition being a plastic pulp or dough-like batch made of wood flour and like ingredients.

The dies are so shaped as to simulate the human form in all of its blended curves, including the head and its hair, neck,

Specification of Letters Iatent.

breast, shoulders and back, except at the ends of the shoulders, which are formed to present flat parallel plate like elements or disks 20 and 21, each containing'recesses 22 and 23, which, when the sections are assembled, present circular openings.

The arms 24 and 25, respectively right and left, are substantially of solid construction, the parts adapted to contact with the disks 2-0 and 21 being flat and level, and have embedded in them heads 28 from which project thin wires or pins 29 terminating in hooks 30, engaging, as shown in Fig. 1, with elastic rings or bands 31 preferably made of rubber, by which the arm elements are tensionally constrained against the shoulder plates, the pins 29 passing freely through the central openings in the plates.

In Fig. 5 wire loops 33 having heads 34;

Patented Oct. 19, 1920.

Application filed. September 18, 1919. Serial No. 324,512.

are secured in the arms, the loops passing through the opening in the manner before described and are engaged with the ends 35 of a helically coiled tension spring 36 extended between the arms.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3-the plate or disk elements are formed obliquely to the center line of the bust as indicated by the junction lines 38 and 39, in contradistinction to the parallel lines 40 and 41 of the other figures, the construction in other respects remaining the same.

From the foregoing it will be seen that either of the arms may be adjusted independently of the other on a horizontal axis, and are held tensionally in the position given them. It is also possible, due to their resilient connections, to move the arms outwardly from the body, but upon release they will be drawn into their normal position.

It is to be noted that by virtue. of the relatively broad contacting surfaces a firm joint is secured showing no appreciable wear or looseness in continued use and frequent abuse such articles are apt to undergo, while the simplicity and cheapness of construction is evident.

'Having thus described my invention and indicated its general scope and character, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A bust comprised of front and rear sections joined along a median line, presenting bust and back extensions, fiat surfaced arcuate plates formed with each of said sections at each side thereof, said plates containing alined notched recesses, solid arms having ends contactable with said plates, hooks having heads fixed in said arms extending into said bust through the recesses, and tensioned resilient means engaging said hooks whereby said arms are held in operative engagement.

2. A bust comprised of front and rear sections united along a vertical line in a plane passing through the ears and shoulders, fiat surfaced elements extending inward in alinement from each of the lateral edges of said sections, said elements containing registering recesses,'hooks fixed in said arms, said hooks passing pivotally through the mentioned recesses, and spring elements engaging said hooks whereby said arms are held in contact with said flat surfaced elements.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

MICHAEL scHoEN. 

